Χαρωνῖται

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Orcinus. By surface analysis, Χᾰ́ρων (Khắrōn) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.rɔː.nîː.tai̯/ → /xa.roˈni.tɛ/ → /xa.roˈni.te/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.rɔː.nîː.tai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.roˈni.tɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.roˈni.tɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.roˈni.te/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.roˈni.te/

Noun

Χαρωνῖται • (Kharōnîtai) m pl (genitive Χᾰρωνῑτῶν); first declension

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) Orcinus (term used satirically to refer to Senators confirmed by Julius Caesar post-mortem)
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Life of Antony 15:

     ὡς δὴ ταῦτα τῷ Καίσαρι δόξαντα. διὸ τούτους ἅπαντας ἐπισκώπτοντες οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι Χαρωνίτας ἐκάλουν· ἐλεγχόμενοι γὰρ εἰς τοὺς τοῦ νεκροῦ κατέφευγον ὑπομνηματισμούς.

     hōs dḕ taûta tôi Kaísari dóxanta. diò toútous hápantas episkṓptontes hoi Rhōmaîoi Kharōnítas ekáloun; elenkhómenoi gàr eis toùs toû nekroû katépheugon hupomnēmatismoús.

Declension

First declension of οἱ Χᾰρωνῖται; τῶν Χᾰρωνῑτῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	οἱ Χᾰρωνῖται hoi Khărōnîtai
Genitive	τῶν Χᾰρωνῑτῶν tôn Khărōnītôn
Dative	τοῖς Χᾰρωνῑ́ταις toîs Khărōnī́tais
Accusative	τοὺς Χᾰρωνῑ́τᾱς toùs Khărōnī́tās
Vocative	Χᾰρωνῖται Khărōnîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “Χαρωνῖται”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Χαρωνῖται”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Χαρωνῖται, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011